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18 September 2023

Two-thirds of global goals for children’s rights and well-being off-pace to meet 2030 target - UNICEF

NEW YORK, 18 September 2023 – At the halfway mark towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), two-thirds of child-related indicators are off-pace to meet their targets, according to a new UNICEF report released today. Progress on Children's Well-Being: Centring child rights in the 2030 Agenda warns that...

10 things you didn't know about water

Most people know that you can’t survive without water. But the truth is slightly more nuanced. You need more than just water – you need SAFE water. You also need safe toilets to keep the environment clean, and as well as soap and water to stop the spread of disease. Find out more about why safe water, sanitation a...

24 November 2022

Social Expenditure Monitor for Arab States

The Social Expenditure Monitor report offers a pioneering assessment of social policy spending in the Arab region to galvanize progress across the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report looks at ways to enhance public expenditure equity and efficiency, and rebalance priorities towards better public finan...

15 September 2022

UNICEF and the Government of Libya sign a Memorandum of Understanding MOU to launch the first Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in Libya

Tripoli, 14 September 2022 – UNICEF and the Government of Libya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday to officially launch Libya’s first ever Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS). The signing ceremony was attended by Mr. Nouri Al-Shatir, Deputy Minister of Planning, Mr. Abdalla Ziadan Allag, Cha...

15 December 2020

The Regional Health Alliance:

Cairo, Egypt, 15 December 2020 – Despite remarkable gains in health over the past few decades, the world is not on track to achieve the health-related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and people, especially the most marginalized, are being left behind. The COVID-19 pandemic is setting progress ...

Palestine moves towards integrated social protection services for its most vulnerable children

During a recent visit to the State of Palestine, I had the opportunity to meet Ahmed [1] , a sixty-year-old truck driver who lives on the outskirts of Ramallah. The story he told us is haunting, because of its desperate complexity and the acute deprivation of his children. In his cramped two-room home, with little...

UNICEF participates at the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference in Dubai

DIHAD is an annual international conference and exhibition established in 2004 as the Middle East’s first ever humanitarian aid and development event. It brings together humanitarian actors and key decision makers from leading international organizations, NGOs, Governmental emergency management bodies, foundation...

UN agencies partner with Government of Djibouti in effort to achieve SDGs

DJIBOUTI, 23 July 2017 – World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley and UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake met President Ismail Omar Guelleh today and discussed United Nations cooperation with Djibouti. The UN chiefs discuss...

01 February 2017

Progress for Children with Equity in the Middle East and North Africa

It has been one year since world leaders committed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a global agenda to improve the lives of all people, particularly the poorest, by 2030. This ambitious global agenda addresses a range of social rights including education, health and social protection. Building on their...